Is There a Model of Intensive Reading?

In the very earliest christian monasteries, a to read scripture as an act of book production is a spiritual act. And in being engrossed in a single text is a really important aspect of engaging with literature. As more books are published and literacy rates increase, i think we have gone to a model of much more a a discursive, broad reading - dipping in and out of particular texts. So many personal collections through history haven't survived because the people inheriting them hasn't got the space for all these other books. On the other hand, i see that in this er greater access of books, both in libraries on on line, in personal homes, its also a good